Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88
भृगुतीर्थं तथा पुण्यं ख्याता सौभाग्यसुन्दरी । वृषखातं च तत्रैव केदारं धूतपातकम्
bhṛgutīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ khyātā saubhāgyasundarī | vṛṣakhātaṃ ca tatraiva kedāraṃ dhūtapātakam
De même se trouve le saint Bhṛgu-tīrtha ; la renommée Saubhāgyasundarī ; et là même Vṛṣakhāta, ainsi que Kedāra, qui efface les péchés.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya/Revā-māhātmya style narration)
Tirtha: Bhṛgu-tīrtha; Saubhāgyasundarī; Vṛṣakhāta; Kedāra
Type: ghat
Scene: A pilgrim group on the Narmadā bank, moving from one marked tīrtha to another; small shrines/lingas under trees; a sign-like presence of ‘Bhṛgu-tīrtha’, ‘Saubhāgyasundarī’, ‘Vṛṣakhāta’, and ‘Kedāra’ with flowing river and bathing steps.
FAQs
Tīrthas are celebrated as practical means of purification—some are explicitly said to ‘shake off sin’ through contact and worship.
Bhṛgu-tīrtha, Saubhāgyasundarī, Vṛṣakhāta, and Kedāra (praised as sin-removing).
No direct prescription; the phrase ‘dhūtapātakam’ implies purificatory practices such as snāna and darśana at Kedāra.